THE

CHARACTERISTICS AND LAWS

OF

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

BY

DAVID N. LORD.

Designed for use in Bible Classes, Schools, and Colleges.

"Nam cum sit ornatus orationis varius et multip.ex, conveniatque alius alii, nisi fuerit accommo-
datus rebus atque personis, non modo non illustrabit eam, sed etiam destruet, et vim rerum in
contrarium vertet."— Quintilianus.

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FRANKLIN KNIGHT,

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HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854,

By DAVID N. LORD,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

R. CRAIGHEAD, Printer and Stereotyper, 53 Vesty Street, N. Y.

XVII. MUSICAL FEET, AND THE MODULATION OF VERSE 269

XVIII. THE IMPORTANCE OF A KNOWLEDGE OF THE

PRINCIPLES OF VERSIFICATION

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